One infamous intersection was Douglass Street and Bayfront. This was close to Matthieu’s home so he crossed it frequently when he went out for a run. Cars on Bayfront disregarded the speed limit, especially at rush hour, which meant drivers on Douglass Street were often preoccupied with looking over their left shoulder for oncoming traffic while they waited to marge. They seldomly noticed any...
Poetry by Kyle Dickinson, Broadside by Adam Salazar
You said you were going to change the world.
But did you want the world to change
or did you want to be the one to change it?
All’s fair in love and war. So said John Lyly, 16th century poet, novelist, playwright, and slightly bitter romantic who got passed over for his ideal job twice and spent much of his adult life dancing with poverty and debt. John had a lot to say about love, sadly most of it is mistakenly attributed to Shakespeare who rocked up not long afterwards and stole all the thunder. It’s a phrase...
Nothing works right when you’re not here. The fridge
died, but the porch was cold enough to store
the food until the expert came. A bird
came through the furnace flue exciting cats
and me. [When I caught it, its heart beat fast.]
A 40-year-old Mario glitch is all I’ve been thinking about lately. That’s because there’s a cartridge in my brain labelled “Artistic Practice” and I want to blow the dust out of it.
I have been teaching children’s yoga off and on for the past 9 years, in schools, studios, and libraries. I work with Yogiños: Yoga for Youth, and this is a lesson I recently wrote and taught in one of our adult trainings (teaching folks to teach kids.) My goals with this class are to connect the 8 limbs of yoga to the expression of our voice, to provide kids an empowering space to learn about...
The Librarian's Table:
(Books from the collection of Dave Nicklin)
San Francisco may be the bipping capital of the world (#IYKYK). It’s something of a rite of passage for many moving to the city, or visiting for the first time.
A Creative Outlet